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Lowest SME-access ratio

Contracting authorities ranked by SME-access ratio (pooled SME awards ÷ SME bids), lowest first, as recorded in the OGP award data. Limited to authorities with at least 5 awards carrying published SME bid counts.

#	Authority	SME-access ratio	SME-bid awards	Awards
1	personal-injuries-resolution-board	0.10	14 of 29	29
2	Grangegorman Development Agency	0.11	12 of 58	58
3	st-michael-s-house	0.12	6 of 14	14
4	Residential Tenancies Board	0.12	10 of 26	26
5	FOLD Housing Association Ireland	0.13	5 of 20	20
6	Trócaire	0.13	8 of 58	58
7	Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority	0.14	7 of 17	17
8	safefood	0.15	5 of 32	32
9	Charities Regulator	0.15	5 of 15	15
10	National Shared Services Office	0.15	26 of 33	33
11	The Pensions Authority	0.15	9 of 41	41
12	Health Insurance Authority	0.16	17 of 25	25
13	valuation-office	0.17	7 of 23	23
14	The Teaching Council	0.18	17 of 44	44
15	Limerick Twenty Thirty DAC	0.18	7 of 38	38
16	Western Care Association	0.18	6 of 22	22
17	Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA)	0.18	67 of 90	90
18	Ombudsman for Children's Office	0.18	8 of 50	50
19	Skillnet Ireland	0.18	40 of 71	71
20	National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh	0.18	10 of 20	20
21	irish-human-rights-and-equality-commission	0.19	6 of 40	40
22	An Post	0.19	200 of 431	431
23	Royal Irish Academy	0.19	5 of 26	26
24	Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman	0.19	30 of 41	41
25	An Coimisiún Toghcháin The Electoral Commission	0.19	7 of 9	9
26	Irish Museum of Modern Art	0.19	6 of 18	18
27	The Health Research Board	0.20	90 of 186	186
28	EirGrid plc	0.20	207 of 302	302
29	chief-state-solicitor-s-office	0.20	6 of 20	20
30	Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Ltd	0.20	20 of 98	98
31	IDA Ireland	0.20	135 of 496	496
32	Tourism Ireland CLG	0.20	60 of 137	137
33	Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland	0.20	17 of 39	39
34	Dundalk Institute of Technology	0.20	30 of 131	131
35	The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI - the Pharmacy Regulator)	0.20	15 of 28	28
36	Depaul	0.21	8 of 24	24
37	An Coimisiún Pleanála	0.21	9 of 31	31
38	Uisce Éireann	0.21	11 of 245	245
39	Clúid Housing Association	0.21	49 of 193	193
40	office-of-the-president	0.21	6 of 15	15

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Data & licence

Contains Irish Public Sector Data licensed under a CC BY 4.0 licence. Computed deterministically from the Office of Government Procurement contract-award records published ondata.gov.ie. Rankings are recorded facts from the award data, not commentary. Generated 2026-11-02.